CRAAP Test

Websites for Practice

“Depression Signs, Symptoms, Latest Treatments, Tests, and More”

“Recognizing the hidden signs of depression”

"How Do I Know if I'm Depressed?"

CRAAP Test Criteria

Currency

•Has the information been reviewed or updated?

•Is this up-to-date for your topic?

Relevance

•Does this information relate to your topic?

•Who is the intended audience?

•Is this information at an appropriate level (not too elementary or advanced)?

Authority

•Who is the author or publisher?

•What are their credentials? Are they qualified to write on this topic?

Accuracy

•Is the information in the article cited?

•Is this information supported by evidence from scholarly sources?

•Has the information been peer reviewed or refereed?

Purpose

•What is the purpose of this information?

•Does the language seem free of bias or emotion?

•Are there political, ideological, cultural, religious, institutional, or personal biases?